Pilot's Log

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The word "technology" is a broad brush that includes mattresses, bathtubs, tissue paper, and the like in its strokes. Now, if you narrowed that down by saying "modern technology", then we can be more specific.

That said, I'm addicted to the technical/technological life. I use my desktop computer several hours a day...and would likely flirt with 24 hours a day if the infrastructure in my neighborhood would let me. I love my little, modern, fuel-efficient car and the mobility it provides me. I use a microwave oven everyday to prepare food. I have a modern digitally-tuned TV for keeping up with the world. There are other lesser pieces of hardware that enrich my life as well. I don't have a lot compared to other people, but what I do have does a lot for me.

Hey.

The house microwave oven blew out a circuit board overnight. The folks are blaming me for it failing (as I was the last one to use it), but I think we've had that one for years and used it just about every day.

It dismays me to see that in such appliances, it's often cheaper now to replace the whole thing than to have it repaired. Way back in the 1970s, people were already complaining about the "Throwaway Society", and here it is.

*Looks at the kitchen* *feels hungry*

I guess I'll put a pot of ramen together on the stove.

FP

UPDATE:
While I was grilling a cheese sandwich on the stove, my parents got back from WallyWorld with a new General Electric to replace the Panasonic, which I learned (from the Owner's Manual) was about six or seven years old.

After I ate my sandwich I plugged the GE in, set the clock, and test-heated a cup of tea. It came out WAY too hot and I had to add ice cubes to cool it back down to drinkability.

They DON'T make them like they useta.